Johann Antonie (Hitzmann) Hitsman (abt. 1720 - 1787)

Born about 1720 in Hannover, Kurfürstentum Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Alletta Margaretha (de Vries) Hitsman — married 17 Sep 1747 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Husband of Maria Helena (van Niekerk) Hitzmann — married 30 May 1756 in Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Husband of Johanna Barbara (Oberholster) Hitsman — married 29 Nov 1767 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Husband of Maria Jacoba (Krijling) Hitsman — married 16 Jun 1776 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1787 at about age 67 in Cabo, Matatiele, Cabo de Goede Hoop

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Biography

Name

Johann Anton Hitzmann^[1]

Marriage

Marriage 1

Date: 17 September 1747 ^[2]

Place: [Cape Town], de Caep de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[2]

Groom: Johan Anthony Hitsman (van Hanover, soldaat in dienst der E: Comp:)^[2]

Bride: Alletta Margaretha de Vries^[2]

Marriage 2

Date: 30 May 1756 ^[3]

Place: Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[3]

Groom: Jan Antonij Hitsman (van Hanover, weduwenaar)^[3]

Bride: Maria Helena van Nieuwkerke^[3]

Marriage 3

Cape after 1762 Johan Anthonie Hitsman, van Hanover^[4]

Date: 29 November 1767 ^[5]

Place: [Cape Town], de Caep de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[5]

Groom: Jan Antonij Hitsman (van Hanover, wed:r)^[5]

Bride: Johanna Barbara Overholster (laast wed: wijlen den mede burger Dirk de Jong)^[5]

Marriage 4

Date: 16 June 1776 ^[6]

Place: [Cape Town], de Caep de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[6]

Groom: Johan Anton Hitsman (van Hanover, capitain van de Comp: Reserve, weduwenaar)^[6]

Bride: Maria Jacoba Grijling (wed:w wylen den burger Jan Plaat)^[6]

Event

Arrived 1744, farmhand since 1746, burgher 1747. Burgher-captain.^[1]

According to Res. of 30.5.1786, he was one of the wealthiest burghers of Cape Town.^[1]

Immigrated 1744^[7]

Occupation: Soldaat, Burgerkaptein

Death

Date: 1 September 1787^[1][8]

Will

DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 7/1/17 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 24 PART 1 DESCRIPTION HITSMAN, JOHAN ANTHONIJ. WILL. STARTING 17590000 ENDING 17590000 REMARKS FILED 1766^[9]

Sources

• Source: S2858 Title: Geslagsregisters van die ou Kaapse Families Abbreviation: 0001 Note: #N0088 Note: #N0089 Data Changed: Date: 11 OCT 2015 Time: 09:46:03. No NOTE record found with id N0088. No NOTE record found with id N0089.
• Source: WEBTREES Title: http://www.greyling.za.org/webtrees/ Data Changed: Date: 11 OCT 2015 Time: 09:46:03 Page: http://www.greyling.za.org/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I8&ged=jan_greyling_2007_03_03.ged

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Source :
   • Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History, Page 164,
   Seen & added 10 July 2021 by André Laubscher
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976, Marriages 1757-1803, 1737-1818, Image 237
   Seen & added 10 July 2021 by André Laubscher.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, 1694-1976, Marriages 1717-1869, Image 26
   Seen & added 10 July 2021 by André Laubscher.
4. ↑ Source: Genealogies of Old Cape Families, by C.C.de Villiers, revised, augmented and rewritten by C.Pama, A.A.Balkema, Cape Town, 1966. The original edition of 1894, compiled by G.M. Theal from the work of C.C. de Villiers Vol 2 Oberholster p488 [1]. Added by Alta Bekker Nov 23, 2015.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976, Marriages 1757-1803, 1737-1818, Image 309
   Seen & added 10 July 2021 by André Laubscher.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976, Marriages 1757-1803, 1737-1818, Image 337
   Seen & added 10 July 2021 by André Laubscher.
7. ↑ Source: #S2858
8. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Norma Coetzee.
9. ↑ Source: National Archives of South Africa: Cape archives [2]. Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.